Azig did what he said, and the 100,000 Qing troops crossed the Yangtze River from Wuchang and retreated north as soon as possible, and the current posture was to abandon the entire Huguang and withdraw directly to Henan.

And for Empress Gao, who has always been cowardly, although she doesn't understand why Azig wants to withdraw at this juncture, this is definitely exciting news, second only to the honorific title of "Empress Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty" that Liu Yongxi just gave her.

Not only Empress Gao, but also the remnants of the Dashun Army in Jingzhou felt that Liu Yongxi would not agree to the honorific title of "Empress Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty", after all, the time when Li Zicheng played the banner of "Generalissimo Fengtian Advocating Righteousness" was the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, and it was only three years since this year.

However, Liu Yongxi finally added the honorific title of "Empress Fengtian of the Ming Dynasty" to Empress Gao word for word, not only did he reiterate that Empress Gao was the governor of the military affairs of the five provinces, and the affairs of the big and small could be cut first and then played, and he had personally led the army to the west with the strength of the whole country, striving to meet with Empress Gao as soon as possible.

Although after the meeting with Emperor Chengtian, the sweet relationship between the two sides will definitely have a period of turmoil, but both Empress Gao and the civil and military officials of the loyal battalion are full of good expectations for this meeting, after all, the Dashun Dynasty has belonged to the past, and the Chengtian Dynasty is in the sky, as long as they become the founding heroes of the Chengtian Dynasty, no matter what kind of past, they can be the prince of Wandai.

So although Zhang Xianzhong and Azig were attacking from both sides, and He Tengjiao was also about to move, the loyal battalion still persevered.

It's just that the price of persevering is not small, compared with the Dashun Army, which has suffered countless heavy losses in the past year, the combat effectiveness of the Great Western Army is still at its peak, and Zhang Kewang and Zhang Dingguo, who commanded the front-line operations, are very good generals, and the loyal battalion not only lost thousands of combatable soldiers on the Western Front, but also had to give up Yiling to Zhang Xianzhong's army.

But now Azig is ready to abandon Wuchang and flee north across the river, which shows that His Majesty the Emperor Chengtian has indeed fulfilled his promise: "It seems that Your Majesty's march into Jiangxi is going well!" As long as we resist this wave of Zhang Xianzhong's offensive, His Majesty's army will be able to reach Huguang. ”

The generals present not only competed with the Qing army, but also had experience in coordinated operations with Zhang Xianzhong, and compared the combat effectiveness of the two sides at the first time, and felt that the combat effectiveness of the Great Western Army was far inferior to that of the Qing Army, and as long as the main force of the Yue Ming Army arrived in Huguang, then neither the Great Western Army nor the Great Qing Army would be troubled.

And Tian Jianxiu couldn't wait to say: "Since Azig has withdrawn his troops, we can withdraw more troops and horses from the east and come back, so that the Yiling side will be foolproof,!" ”

Empress Gao felt that this suggestion was very good and immediately agreed, but Gao Yigong raised a very important question: "Sister, now we not only need to worry about Zhang Xianzhong, a thief, but also have to beware of He Tengjiao, this is our real enemy!" ”

Empress Gao told Gao Yigong with great vigour: "Yigong, call me Empress Fengtian!" He Tengjiao will definitely run out at this time to take advantage of us, but Your Majesty is wise and martial, and just one He Tengjiao is not enough trouble! ”

It was the first time for Empress Gao to be so vigorous, but the civil and military officials present all felt that she should be so vigorous, and Gao Yigong also gave her sister enough face: "Empress Fengtian is wise, with Empress Fengtian leading the loyal camp, coupled with His Majesty's full help, just one He Tengjiao is indeed not a problem!" ”

Liu Yongxi didn't expect the situation to change so drastically suddenly, although the northward march along the river was extremely smooth, but he didn't expect Azig to give up Huguang so quickly, and the cooperation between Zhang Xianzhong and Azig would be so good, so he had to remind the civil and military officials accompanying the expedition: "It seems that Azig is preparing for us to fight with Zhang Xianzhong and He Tengjiao, this is two peaches to kill three soldiers!" ”

Xing Shengping felt that Liu Yongxi's judgment was fine: "I heard that Jin Shenghuan has sent King Tang to He Tengjiao in Huguang, so we not only have to solve Zhang Xianzhong, but also He Tengjiao!" ”

Fortunately, in the past, everyone may have considered the question of "what to do if you encounter the Tang King on the battlefield", but after Wang Puxiang dealt with Emperor Hongzhi for the first time and promoted him to five levels in a row, everyone understood that there was no need to consider such a problem, and just take this as an opportunity to get promoted and make a fortune.

In this kind of problem, as long as you make a mistake, you can't turn over for the rest of your life, but as long as you take a firm position and deal with it in time, it is the second Beigu Bo, Zhou Zhisheng and Wang Puxiang.

It's just that after the combination of Tang Wang and He Tengjiao, the situation in Huguang has changed, although there were frequent conflicts between the loyal battalion in Jingzhou and He Tengjiao in Hunan, but everyone felt that He Tengjiao was the object that could be fought for, but as long as He Tengjiao dared to contain Emperor Longwu, he could only be the number one enemy of the Chengtian Dynasty, and he Tengjiao should be solved at all costs.

And Liu Yongxi immediately gave the clearest answer: "Our western expedition this time is to meet the Jingzhou Loyal Battalion, as long as we are willing to work together with our Chengtian Dynasty to expel Jianyu, then it is our own people, who dares to conspire with Jianyu to confront my Chengtian Dynasty, then don't blame me for being polite to the generals!" ”

Although Liu Yongxi said it more implicitly, he still always believed that the real enemy of the Chengtian Dynasty at the moment was the Qing army, and the biggest obstacle to taking Huguang was always the 100,000 Qing army in the north in the name of withdrawing the army.

And Liu Yongxi reminded Xing Shengping that he couldn't help laughing: "I'm also wondering why Azig chose to suddenly withdraw his troops from Wuchang at this time, it is really a wolf ambition!" ”

And Liu Yongxi reminded the generals present: "Don't worry about the affairs of Huguang first, our first task now is to take down the entire Jiangxi neatly, and we can't make people laugh at us that the seven southern provinces have only won one Zhejiang!" ”

Although the Chengtian Dynasty has now established Jiangsu and Anhui on the basis of the southern Zhili, the so-called "Ming Dynasty South Seven North and Sixty-three Provinces" does not include the two Zhibei Zhili, and Fujian has just been included in the territory of the Chengtian Dynasty, and there are still many places that still play the territory of the Longwu Dynasty, so some people joke that Liu Yongxi only won a complete Zhejiang Province.

And Wang Sun Fan has always been the most positive about this matter: "What Your Majesty said is very true, the country can only really control the southeast after taking Jiangxi, and the situation in Jiangxi is much simpler than that of Huguang, can't the country's 100,000 soldiers solve it even a Jin Shenghuan!" ”

Now the situation in Huguang is extremely complicated, and there are four forces at the same time: the Qing Army, the Great Western Army, the Loyal Battalion, and the Tang Wang Army, and although the Loyal Battalion is under the banner of the Chengtian Dynasty, it is the remnants of the Dashun Army after all, so everyone feels very nervous when it comes to Huguang, but the Jiangxi battlefield is different, and what needs to be solved is just a Jin Shenghuan Division.

And the foundation of Jin Shenghuan's department is Zuo Liangyu's army, and Wang Deren's department is still from the Dashun army, I heard that Queen Gao and the loyal battalion have thrown themselves into the Ming Dynasty, Wang Deren's department of the Ming Dynasty, many generals have come to contact, in this situation, everyone feels that it is certain to take Jiangxi.

Even Mrs. Xing felt that it was uncertain to take Jiangxi: "No matter what the final result of this western expedition is, as long as Jiangxi is taken down, it will be the biggest victory!" ”

As long as you control Jiangxi in your hands, you can at least maintain a large Southern Tang Dynasty, and as soon as Liu Yongxi wanted to speak, he saw Li Xiangjun running in, and whispered directly in his ear: "Husband, Jin Shenghuan is in Nanchang, please surrender!" ”

Jin Shenghuan is ready to surrender so soon?

Liu Yongxi immediately thought of the Suizhou Revolution and Gao Jie, who died unexpectedly, so he said very seriously: "Jin Shenghuan is not so easy to deal with, everyone should try to be careful!" ”

But if Nanchang can be taken peacefully, it may be the best outcome.

For He Tengjiao, the entry of the Tang King or Emperor Longwu was a catastrophic event.

Before that, he lived a real immortal life in Huguang, although there were loyal battalions, the Great Western Army and the 100,000 Qing troops of Azig in the north, but He Tengjiao could always sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

But no one expected that the entire Longwu court, including the Tang King and the Shoufu Huang Daozhou, would come to Huguang, although the court repeatedly said that it was forced to enter Huguang because of the threat of Jin Shenghuan, but He Tengjiao felt that he was going to be burned!

But now that the small court of Longwu has entered Huguang under the "escort" of Jin Shenghuan, He Tengjiao has a thousand and ten thousand reasons that are not good for the Tang king, so he can only pin his hopes on the Tang king and Huang Daozhou to be able to get acquainted: "Now I am preparing to recover the whole province, if Your Majesty enters the country, I am afraid that the Jingzhou thieves will go south!" ”

It's just that the envoy sent by the Tang King has also heard the latest news: "But now that the Qing army has given up Wuchang and crossed the river to the north, as long as Your Majesty leads the army and personally conquers, the situation can be said to be very good!" ”

If King Fu is most afraid of hearing the word "pro-Zheng", then King Tang at least often puts "pro-Zheng" on his lips, but this is exactly what He Tengjiao is most worried about.

Now the Great West Thief and the Great Shun Thief are killing each other near Yiyi, He Tengteng taking the opportunity to seize Wuchang is a godsend, whether it is the Great West Thief or the Great Shun Thief, they will temporarily let go of He Tengjiao's troops, but if he shelters the Tang King, the situation will be completely different, maybe when he turns around, the Great Shun Thief and the Great West Thief will shake hands and deal with He Tengjiao.

It's just that although He Tengjiao has such worries, he must find other excuses to convince the Tang King: "Your Majesty is willing to drive the expedition in person, and the morale of the army will inevitably be greatly boosted, but the biggest problem now is that Liangguang is always hesitant, in case they send troops to attack the rear wing of our army, the great cause of Zhongxing can only be abandoned halfway, if Your Majesty can convince Liangguang that the situation will be different!" ”

It's just that King Tang had long thought that He Tengjiao would say this: "Your Majesty has already said that as long as he takes Wuchang in person, Liangguang Yungui will definitely return resolutely with Tunatu!" ”